Kensington and Chelsea District : Registrar General's Social Class

Registrar General's Social Class

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Registrar General's Social Class 1841 1881 1931
Class 1 538 Show data context 12,194 Show data context 6,437 Show data context
Class 2 2,573 Show data context 42,737 Show data context 14,233 Show data context
Class 3 (Non-manual) 453 Show data context 12,614 Show data context 24,526 Show data context
Class 3 (Manual) 13,641 Show data context 161,916 Show data context 59,344 Show data context
Class 4 3,112 Show data context 37,255 Show data context 12,575 Show data context
Class 5 2,152 Show data context 18,485 Show data context 16,695 Show data context
Date Source
1841 [ERROR: authority is ''SRC'' but auth_note value of does not appear in SRC_TAB]
1881 Great Britain Historical GIS Project Computed from 1881 microdata
1931 1931 Census of England and Wales, Occupations, Table 17 , 'Occupations (condensed list) of Males and Females, showing also the total Operatives and the total Out of Work'

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Occupations of both sexes classified using the Registrar General's Social Classification.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Kensington and Chelsea District through time | Historical Statistics on Social Structure | Registrar General's Social Class, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 08th April 2026